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Investigators are following up on leads into who shot and wounded a man after a brief struggle Wednesday, Oct. 10.
Deputies learned of the shooting after they responded to Springs Memorial Hospital about a gunshot victim, according to a Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office news release.

The annual Lancaster County Fair will be at American Legion Fairgrounds, S. Main St., through Sunday, Oct. 14.
The fair, sponsored by Smokey Mountain Amusements, promises new and improved rides.
General admission is $3 for adults and children age 5 and up, and parking on Legion grounds is $1.
There is free admission all day, Sunday, Oct. 14.
The fair will be open today, Oct. 12 from 4:30 to 10:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 13 from 2 to 11 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 14 from 2 to 9:30 p.m.
Tickets are available at the gate.

Two motorists, one a Lancaster Police Department officer, are recovering from injuries after their vehicles collided in a city intersection Thursday afternoon, Oct. 11.

Emergency responders swarmed the scene at the intersection of North Wylie and West Barr streets just after 3 p.m., where a gold Chrysler Town & Country minivan and black Lancaster Police Department patrol car crashed into each other only minutes earlier.

The Lancaster County Farmers Market held its annual Public Services Honors Festival on Saturday, Oct. 6. The event was designed both to educate young people on local agriculture and locally grown produce while paying tribute to service agencies in the county.

This was the second year of the festival. Event organizer Robert Steele, chairman of the Lancaster County Farmers Commission, said he was pleased with this year’s response.

Three of the seven seats on Lancaster City Council are up for election this year.

Incumbent Linda Blackmon-Brace and Jackie Harris are vying for District 3. Jean Cureton and incumbent Tamara Green Garris are looking to best the other candidate for the District 4 seat, while Sara Eddins is unopposed as she seeks re-election to District 6.

City Council members, who serve four-year terms, don't run along party lines.